Sunday,
September 14, 2008, 11
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NEA Emerging Artists Series, Part
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Accompanying
Roopa Mahadevan |
Accompanying
Aishwarya Venkataraman | ||
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Neyveli
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Roopa Mahadevan, who was born and raised in San Jose, is a rising Carnatic (South Indian) vocalist. She received a Fulbright scholarship for 2006-2007 to pursue advanced vocal music training in India. Roopa has performed throughout India, and has given concerts in most major music institutions in Chennai, the hub of Carnatic music in India. Roopa is also an accomplished Bharatha Natyam dancer, an amateur theater actor, and occasional performer of R&B and soul music. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology and neuroscience from Stanford University. (Click here to learn more about Ajay Narasimha and Neyveli R. Narayanan.) Aishwarya Venkataraman was born in Northridge, California, in 1993. She grew up surrounded by music and musicians, including her father, who accompanies her today on mrdangam. She began her training in Suzuki violin at age two-and-a-half, and at age four she started learning the Carnatic style of music with eminent violin maestro T. N. Krishnan. Widely regarded as the Yehudi Menuhin of the East, Krishnan has selected Aishu to be his next protégé. Aishu recently began training also at the Berklee College of Music, with an emphasis on jazz performance. Earning a full scholarship at age 13, she carries the unique distinction of being the youngest student accepted into this four-year college. [Video sample] (Click here to learn more about Vinod Venkataraman.) |
Herrick
Chapel
(at the end of Alumni Ave, past Campus Rd)
Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA 90041
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parking
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Music Circle members!
$10 General Admission
$5 Students with current student ID
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Sunday,
October 5, 2008, 11 AM
NEA Emerging Artists Series, Part
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Smita Rawal Alves kathak dance |
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Accompanying |
Accompanying Smita Rawal Alves
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Sarika Ravindran Charanjeet
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Debasish Chaudhuri, who was born in India and now resides in the Los Angeles area, is a sought-after tabla accompanist, soloist, and teacher. He began his musical studies at age five under the guidance of Nanku Maharaj and Kanai Dutta, and for over thirty years, he has studied with his uncle, renowned tabla maestro Swapan Chaudhuri. He has accompanied various world-renowned artists and has been on the faculty of the Pandit Jasraj School of Music Foundation at Los Angeles, CA and in Tampa, Florida. He is a director of the newly-formed Rupak School of World Music in Los Angeles. Nilanjan Chaudhuri is the 18-year-old son of the great tabla maestro, Swapan Chaudhuri, who gave him his first lesson at age five. Nilanjan performed his first tabla solo at the Ali Akbar College of Music at age eleven, receiving blessings from Ali Akbar Khan. Since 2005, Nilan has played in concerts in the USA and in India. He is also an avid jazz drummer and his unique style of drumming has been profoundly influenced by his study of tabla. He is a student at San Francisco State University, as well as at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael. (Click here to learn more about Gopal Marathe.) Smita Rawal Alves was born and raised in southern California. Her training in kathak includes six years in Anjani Ambegaokar's Sundar Kala Kendra Dance School and 14 years with Anjani’s Kathak Dance of India, a touring company in which she has been the lead dancer since 2006. She has taught classes for the dance school since 2005. Some of her recent performances include Diwali at the United Nations in New York, 2006; Concordia University in Montreal, 2006; Fine Arts Academy in Hawaii, 2006; and the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles, 2006. Smita has a M.S. in zoology and teaches biology and environmental science fulltime at Cerritos College. (Click here to learn more about Abhiman Kaushal.) |
Herrick
Chapel
(at the end of Alumni Ave, past Campus Rd)
Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA 90041
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parking
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Music Circle members!
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$5 Students with current student ID
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Doors open a half an
hour before the concert
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Sunday,
November 2, 2008, 11 AM
NEA Emerging Artists Series, Part 3
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First
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Accompanied by
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 Jagan Ramamoorthy violin |
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Prasad Upasani represents the Agra Gharana of vocal music. His first teacher was his father, Sharadchandra Upasani. His formal instruction then came from S. C. R. Bhat and K. G. Ginde, two disciples of the musicologist S. N. Ratanjankar. Prasad has won a number of prizes at music competitions in India. He holds a bachelors degree in music and a masters in computer science. (Click here to learn more about Jagan Ramamoorthy and Hemant Ekbote.)
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Second Half
Maharashtrian Folk Ensemble  Gopal Marathe director |
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Chapel
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Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA 90041
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parking
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Music Circle members!
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hour before the concert
Music Circle membership
will be available before the concert
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